Practical Action(s) on Bioenergy
Steven Hunt
Senior Energy Consultant and International Projects Manager
Practical Action(s) on Bioenergy, FAO, Rome, 29th October 2009
The Working Model
- GOAL Achieving impact at scale
Scale
Changing policies and regulations
Changing the practices of others uptake
Communicating for influence & scale
Generating the knowledge
Building the capacity of partners to
replicate
Testing ideas and achieving
sustainability
Learning from our experience and
from others
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Scale
Learning from experiences
International Case Studies
– PISCES/FAO
The “Smoke” Project
Biogas in Sri Lanka
Stoves Projects
– Anagi, Upesi
Bioenergy needs and uses
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Testing ideas for sustainability
Biodiesel production and apps
– Peru and Sri Lanka
Bioethanol for cooking
– Kenya and Madagascar
Reducing Indoor Air Pollution
– Nepal, Kenya (and Sudan?)
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Generating the Knowledge
Market Mapping and Modelling
– Kenya and Sri Lanka
Resource Assessment
– Central Province, Sri Lanka
Average Time to
Sun Dry Spices
Annual Sun
Dried Spices
(dried)
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proportion spices
sun dried
<Biomass Dryers>
machine drying
capacity available
Average spice grower income
20,000
4,000
15,000
3,000
$/Spice Growers
$/Machine
0
10
Market Price for Immature Spices
10,000
2,000
1,000
5,000
(undried)
0
10
Price of Mature Spice to Dryer Operator
(machine
5 drying)
0
0
2003
2005
2007
2009
year (year)
2011
0
2003
2013
2005
2007
2009
year (year)
2011
2013
Average spice grower income : nara4
Average Income for Biomass Dryer Operators : nara4
overhead per kg
0
20
Construction capacity
(dryers)
60
2M
45
1.5 M
$
0
1
Average Harvest Time
Annual Revenue From Biomass Dried Spices
Biomass Dryers
(from
0
0.5 wholesalers)
Wood price to biomass driers
30
0
2003
1M
500,000
15
0
2003
2005
Biomass Dryers : nara4
2007
2009
year (year)
Average Time to
Machine Dry Spices
rate spices
machine dried
proportion of harvest
machined dried
Average Income for Biomass Dryer Operators
Machine
– Food, Land and Water links
Spice Harvest
Rate Spice Sun Dried
machine drying
capacity
0
10
Market Price for Sun Dried Spices
PAC PISCES Studies
Spices Being
Sun Dried
<rate mature spice
harvested>
proportion of spices
subject to funghi
attack
0
10
price for quality spices
<Rate Mature
Spices Harvested>
rate mature spice
harvested
Rate Spices
Contaminated
Rate Sun Drying
Complete
Potential
Dryer Demand
Energy and Environment
– DRC, links to adaptation
<proportion of spices
subject to funghi
attack>
Spices Lost
To Funghi
2011
2013
2005
2007 2009
year (year)
2011
Annual Revenue From Biomass Dried Spices[Cloves] : nara4
Annual Revenue From Biomass Dried Spices[Pepper] : nara4
Annual Revenue From Biomass Dried Spices[Cinnamon] : nara4
2013
Annual Spice
Machine Dried
Communicating for scale
Publication of results
– PA Pubs, Boiling Point
Practical Answers
– Technical briefs
Presenting small-scale at
large forums
– Addis, Helsinki, CHOGM
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Changing the practices of others
Conducting trainings
– PMM in Sri Lanka and Kenya
– Veg oil recycling in Peru
Delivery Models tool
– For energy and bioenergy
– Project design to market chains
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Influencing policy
Policy paper to the EU Presidency
on local clean energy access
– Inclusion of cooking energy
PISCES PWGs & briefs
– Kenya, Sri Lanka and Tanzania
District-level data & policy
support
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GAS
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ENERGY
ACCESS
BIOENERGY
SERVICES
LIQUID
APPLIANCE
TECHNOLOGIES
SOLID
LIVELIHOODS
BIOFUELS
DELIVERY VECTORS
BIORESIDUES
PROCESSING STEPS
BIORESOURCES
PRODUCTION STEPS
BIOENERGY RESOURCES
PISCES Bioenergy Framework
Thank you!
www.pisces.or.ke
www.practicalaction.org
www.practicalactionconsulting.org
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